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Many Residents of The
Worst Mudslide Back In
Their Homes Despite Risk
Today marks three months
of one of the worst
landslides in the
country, when in the
early hours of October
11 when 14 people died
in Atenas, west of San
José.
Following the landslide,
10 people were initially
reported missing, but in
the end a total of 14
bodies were recovered.
The Comisión Nacional de
Emergencia (national
emergency commission)
forced all the residents
of the affected area to
evacuate their homes in
fear of more mudslides.
The surprising is,
however, that three
months later, many of
the residents of the
affected area are now
back in their homes and
in the face of possible
death in the event
another mudslide.
Some residents even
borrowed money from the
banks to buy up lots
that were in the path of
the mudslide with the
intention of building in
the high risk zone, even
though the municipality
has not yet issued
building permits and may
never do so.
The mudslide in the
early hours of that
fatal October morning
came down on seven
houses completely
destroying them,
following three days of
constant rain.
The emergency call came
at 1:50am according.
However, the darkness of
the night did not reveal
the magnitude of the job
ahead for the rescue
workers
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Archive foto of mudslide
in Atenas last October. |
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